Jaromíra Vlková

This Czech defensive midfielder is an impenetrable wall who reads the game with surgical precision, stopping everything that comes her way while maintaining a friendly smile. She still laughs about the time she headed a clearance so forcefully during youth training that she accidentally toppled a scoreboard on the other side of the pitch. While her acceleration is world-class, she humbly admits that her vertical leap is not quite up to par with the rest of her elite skill set.